“I want to break free from Christmas”

By Violeta Alegre Illustration: Nelson Evergreen I see how most people, yes, most, even fellow feminists, rush to await the white-bearded LORD, engaging in concrete acts of unnecessary consumption, of selfish fireworks that disregard the rest of the species. These explosions, outside of these dates, are repressive attacks, or wars. But assimilationism…

Indonesia: flogging of LGBTI people and persecution of journalists who report it

By Esteban Marchand, from Johannesburg. In November, I attended the Global Conference on Investigative Journalism in Johannesburg, South Africa, representing Presentes, and I had the opportunity to meet colleagues from over 200 countries around the world. Learning about their diverse backgrounds and asking about the situation of LGBT people was enriching and confronted me with…

Trial for the transphobic murder of Vanesa Zabala: life imprisonment for the murderers

The Santa Fe court sentenced the four defendants accused of the murder of Vanesa Zabala, a young trans woman, which occurred on March 29, 2013, in the city of Reconquista: José Luis “Cocido” Petroni, Gustavo Daniel “Virulana” Vallejos, José Daniel “Chuky” Villasboas, and Ana Virginia Abasto were found guilty and will serve life imprisonment. However, the court did not consider the aggravating circumstance of a hate crime based on gender identity.